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very much. >> thank you. >> tonight courtroom shocker. disgraced penn state coach jerry sandusky ducks his accusers in court and says he's not guilty of child rape charges. >> this is a fight to the death. this the fight of jerry sandusky's life. >> i'll ask one of his lawyers why the ex-coach didn't face his accusers today. plus people with their day in court. another sports scandal. >> coming forward was one of the hardest things i've had to do in my life. >> my exclusive interview with two men who say that syracuse's coach abused them when they were children. also battle for the heart and soul of the gop. newt gingrich calls for a positive campaign. is that really any way to win an election? i'll ask two men who are no strangers to the rough and tumble of the trail howard dean and tom ridge. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. a dramatic day in a pennsylvania courtroom. jerry sandusky, the former penn state football coach who is charged with child sexual abuse was expected to come face-to-face with his accusers. then at the last minute sandusky dramatically waived his

coach jerry sandusky's game-changing legal strategy sends him straight to trial. tim curley and gary schultz are accused of failing to report abuse and lying to the grand jury about jerry sandusky, but it was yesterday's stunning motion that the former sideline coach waiving the preliminary hearing leading to wild speculation that sandusky wants a plea deal. joining me now is joseph amendola who is the defense counsel for jerry sandusky. thank you for joining me this morning. >> you are welcome, thomas. >> you have said that you want your client out of jail to help you prepare for the trial. is there any intention on your side to talk plea deal? >> no. there's never been any discussions about a plea on either side of this case. and jerry has maintained his innocence as you know from the very outset of the very first allegation made by accuser one. he has maintained his innocence in regard to all of the charges. he has defenses to them. and his intent has always been to go to trial. yesterday's decision to waive the preliminary hearing was a tactical one. the preliminary hearing, thom

of the hour, here we go. first, ex-penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky heads to court but declines to faces his accusers. >>> even in today's economy, some young people are better off than when their parents were. >>> arrests along the border with mexico, they have plummeted. time to play reporter roulette. susan candiotti, let's begin with you. jerry sandusky waived his right to the preliminary hearing today. do we know why? >> reporter: well, what a day it's been, brooke. imagine 11 witnesses, including at least four alleged victims who would have taken the stand talk about in excruciating detail being molested and raped by jerry sandusky but they didn't have the opportunity to do so because he waited and, why? his lawyers explain that it was a tactical decision on their part, that, in part, because they would not have had an opportunity to try to challenge the credibility of these witnesses while they were on the witness stand because of court rules, then it just wasn't to their advantage. however, they certainly, it's true, miss out on an opportunity to interview these people,

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. >>> jerry sandusky, former penn state defensive coach, could have faced all the accusers in court today. instead, sandusky waived his right to today's preliminary hearing pleading not guilty. what does that mean? it means he's going to trial on charges that he sexually abused ten boys. sandusky's attorney explained why. >> one of the main reasons we wanted to have a preliminary hearing and the anticipated of having one is to cross-examine mike mcqueary in the allegations pertaining to number two. prior to today with various statements he allegedly has made -- >> mike mcqueary is the assistant coach who claims he saw sandusky rape a boy in the penn state showers, but according to his reports his account has now changed over time. >>> the army is trying to figure out what caused two helicopters to crash killing four soldiers last night outside of a training area at joint base lewis-mcchord in washington state. now the choppers were observation helicopters. no word on whether they collided or crashed separately. >>> finders keepers, that's the message from iran today about the captured u.s

sexually abused two boys. >> it focused on jerry sandusky. former coach mike mcqueary came forward to testify what he saw jerry sandusky do during after hours. mcqueary said he was in a penn state shower room when he heard to slapping sounds like skin on skin. i looked in the mirror and saw jerry in the shower with a young boy. it stopped when he slammed the door and he told joe paterno that he had seen something way over the line. now the judge in today's hearing has decided that there is enough evidence to try both shultz and athletic director tim curley. reporting for abc2 news. >> stay with abc2news.com for the latest development in the jerry sandusky child sexual abuse case. >>> the fbi is opening a case. they're handing out sketches around the washington, d.c. area. they show a man known as the potomac river rapist. he is suspected in the rape. investigators are offering a $25,000 reward. >>> the director of the fbi has given an okay to move forward with the definition of rape. robert mueller said the updates will take effect in the spring. critics have said the way it is def

that in a pennsylvania courtroom. >>ets let's bring you up to speed quickly. jerry sandusky waived his right to a preliminary hearing and this will go straight to trial. we all were waiting for that preliminary hearing and that has been waived. he and his attorney decided to waive it. that's the big development in the jerry sandusky case. >> so much more news surrounding this. let's head to atlanta and kyra philips. >> what a busy morning already. we're talking about jerry sandusky in court and out again. he was expected to face his accusers but he waived his right to the preliminary hearing and here's sandusky just as he left the courthouse and he faced a pretty stunned media. >> stay the course, to fight for four quarters. we'll take the opportunity to present our side. >> we couldn't do that today. >> tell me why the preliminary hearing. >> i'll come back and answer your quefgzs. >> mr. sandusky are you looking forward? >> jason carroll was actually inside the courtroom, susan candiotti has one of the victim's attorneys with her. jason, let's start with you, if you don't mind. let's talk

to talk to you again shortly. >>> suspect jerry sandusky got a new member of his legal team. and a suspicious answer he gave about training underprivileged kids about how to use soap in the shower. clarification on what he meant by that. >>> and yesterday the university president suggested it was too shrouded in secrecy no uncover. today's florida governor had something to say about that. we spoke with him. we'll be right back. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates. i love the fact that quicken loans provides va loans. quicken loans understood all the details and guided me through every step of the process. i know wherever the military sends me, i can depend on quicken loans. [

. three weeks out, ann selzer will see new iowa and of course, as well. >>> jerry sandusky waived his right to hearing, hospitaling no t.o. go right to trial. he, of course, pleaded not guilty. sandusky and his wife returned home. you are looking live right now of his home. his attorney went back it the courthouse to talk about their strategy in the wake of this morning's dramatic developments. >> we're toward defend. we have always been ready to defend. today's waiver has nothing to do with conceding anything. there is no plea negotiations. will be no plea negotiations. there th is the fight to death. this is the fight of jerry sandusky's life in the hey, craig, great to see you. a lot of surprises. there was t was packed courtroom. thousands of people trying to get in and there was only a room for about a hundred. they were upset there was no show. >> it only took a few min pupts this week tend was said this preliminary hearing was going to happen. low an behold this morning, they changed their mind. apparently the decision was made yesterday. he spoke with the prosecution after the

'll talk to jeff shortly. >>> suspect jerry sandusky got a new member of his legal team. we'll ask about an especially strange answer he gave in the case about training underprivileged kids how to use soap in the shower, try to clarify what he meant by that. >>> up next, hazing in florida a&m's marching band. yesterday the president suggested it was too shrouded in secrecy to uncover. the governor had something to say about that. lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. nice, huh? yeah. you know what else is nice is all the savings you can get on cruze and traverse over there. oh! that's my beard. [ chuckles ] it's amazing. ♪ [ male announcer ] this holiday, chevy's giving more. now very well qualified lessees can sign and drive a 2012 cruze ls for around $199 a month. ♪ >>> tonight, florida's governor is calling for the immediate suspension of james a.m. yondz, the president of florida a&m university. governor scott made the suggestion to the chairman o

of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> today's big story, jerry sandusky an hour away from coming face to face with half of his accusers the attorney for the former penn state assistant coach said he welcomes today's preliminary hearing on more than 50 counts of child sex abuse involving 10 boys. the accusers allege they were assaulted in showers, lockers or his home. he continues to defend himself against the charges. >> struggles with the idea he loves kids but when he says that people can interpret that as sexual connotation. >>> his attorneys will likely focus on reports of inconsistency. >>> that report claims a close family friend of mcquery claims he did not actually see sandusky assaulting that particular child he only heard what he calls sex noises coming from the showers. >>> vote on capitol hill, republicans ready to push a bill through the house of representatives to continue a cut. it forces work to begin on the key stone oil pipeline from canada to the gulf. president obama has promised to veto it. >>> some of the top stories this morning a police involved shooting in the distric

, jerry sandusky skipped the preliminary process and his case is going straight to trial. he's facing charges that he abused boys. here's more. >> reporter: in a shocking twist, former penn state coach jerry sandusky is waiving his right to a preliminary hearing. as proceedings -- as proceedings got underway he says his -- his attorney said he is prepared to to go to trial. >> stay the course and fight we'll wait to present our side. >> we would have heard about the allegations and not not been able to cross-examine them. >> reporter: the prosecution says 11 witnesses were ready testify against sandusky and will at the trial. ultimately, the prosecution says those witnesses are been fet egg from today's -- are benefiting from today's developments. >> i want to emphasize what it would mean for the victims without creating a second record, and not having to go through the pain and suffering that's brought by a case like this. an attorney for one of the alleged victims who was set to testify agrees. >> i can imagine this is terrific for my client as well as the other victims who now don'

>>> good morning. jerry sandusky goes to court with at least five men who will testify today that the former penn state defensive coordinator sexually abused them. we will have a live report from the courthouse. >>> president obama wants to extent the payroll tax cut, but now he's threatening to veto a republican plan that would do just that. find out what else is in that bill and why the democrats don't like it. >>> with the last u.s. troops leaving iraq this month, we'll have former vice president dick cheney if he thinks the u.s. won the war and what he thinks will happen next. >>> and the russian billionaire who owns an nba team says he'll challenge strong man vladimir putin in next year's election. we'll hear what makhali prokohrav told "60 minutes" on this tuesday, december 13th. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning everyone. i'm jeff glor. >> i believe it is. you said december 13th and i realized we're only 12 days from christmas. >> the countdown is on baby. good morning. >> lots to get to this morning. we begin with morning with the swrarry sa

, for instance, there's been a lot of talk about jerry sandusky and joe paterno but in academic circles there's talk about graham spanier, seen as an ideal university president, but when things like this happen on your watch, and you don't take appropriate steps to speak to those things proactively, then changes have to be made, so spanier was out and i think the same thing is happening with ammons and if these moves are made more often i think presidents will be more aggressive in speaking to issues like hazing at famu. >> what do you think is at the core of this kind of hazing? i don't think a lot of people think about being a band as a place where there's hazing but there are subgroups within this band at florida a&m, a group from georgia which apparently robert champaign was part of and there are all of the different subgroups have their code of discipline. what gets to the core of this in your opinion? >> the drive of students to belong and that's why the arguments are made by folk who say look, people who consent to this are the folks who really have to stop and the practice will go awa

's been talk about jerry sandusky and joe paterno, but in academic circles, there's talk of graham spanier. he was seen as an ideal university president, but when things like this happen on your watch and you don't take appropriate actions, change needs to be made and i think the same will happen with ammons. i think if these moves are made more often, i think presidents will be more act a aggressive in terms of speaking against hazing at famu. >> what do you think is at the core of this kind of hazing? i don't think a lot of people think about a band as being a place for hazing, but there's sub groups within this band at florida a&m. there's a group from georgia, which apparently robert champion was part of, and all these different save groups, i guess, have their own kind of codes of discipline. what gets to the core of this, in your opinion? >> the drive of students to belong, and that's why arguments that are made by folk who say, look, people who consent to this are the folks who really have to stop and the practice will go away. they're absolutely wrong. you cannot put the entire onu

. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm sunny hostin. as many as 10 accusers may testify in the jerry sandusky hearing taking place in a tiny pennsylvania town today. it is unclear if sandusky himself will take the stand. and there are new questions about what a key witness, mike mcqueary, will say about what he saw and heard. >> extraordinary. today he will see up to ten accusers in court face to face. some of them seen for the first time. not clear who the accusers are. he will see them for the first time. an extraordinary moment in court today. >> people are guessing he will testify. that's not going to happen. >> you don't think he will take the stand? >> no. >> based on previous interviews. >> based on that. defendants don't testify at preliminary hearings. we will hear the stories of so many of the young men today. >> unbelievable story. >>> also on this tuesday morning, an awkward situation for mitt romney. during an old-fashioned campaign stop at a new hampshire diner, he sat down with a vietnam vet. instead of talking about the veteran's military background, romney was put on the spot

" -- courtroom drama. the young men accusing former penn state coach jerry sandusky of sexual abuse are set to meet him today face to face. >> prosecutors are ready to question every one of them in front of a pennsylvania judge. it's tuesday, december 13th. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm sunny hostin. as many as 10 accusers may testify in the jerry sandusky hearing. taking place in a tiny pennsylvania town today. it is unclear if sandusky himself will take the stand. and there are new questions about what a key witness, mike mcqueary will say about what he saw and heard. >> extraordinary today he will see up to ten accusers in court face to face. some of them seen for the first time. not clear who the accusers are. he will see them for the first time. an extraordinary moment uncourt today. >> people are guessing he will testify. that is not going to happen >> you don't think he will take the stand? >> no. >> based on preachous interviews. >> based on that. defendants don't testify at preliminary hearings. we will hear the stories of so many of the young men today. >

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. if the charges -- and i say if the charges against jerry sandusky are true, and that will be for a jury to decide, he likely had a powerful network of enablers or at the very least countless people who had powerful interests in not believing the allegations against him. and yes, tonight that circle grew. take a look. this is the former home of thomas horman, retired penn state chief of police. he was living there in 1998. 1998, remember that year. today we've learned his neighbor back then just three doors down, you guessed it -- in the blue house, jerry sandusky. that's jerry sandusky's house there. not only were they neighbors, not only did their kids play and ride bikes together, they worship at the same church. this one called st. paul's united methodist. neighbors and fellow church members back in 1998 -- when the mother of an 11-year-old boy went to university police with a sexual complaint against coach sandusky. according to a grand jury report she said it happened on campus at a practice facility, sandusky allegedly touching the boy inappropriately in the shower. the investigation includ

's interview. >>> jerry sandusky could be let out of jail again today. he was arrested yesterday on sexual assault charges involving two new accusers. one who says his cries for help were ignored. jason carroll is live in pennsylvania for us this morning. good morning, jason. >> reporter: good morning to you. jerry sandusky denies the new allegations just as he's denied the previous ones. he now faces a total of 52 charges related to sexually abusing young boys. for the second time in two months, jerry sandusky, former assistant football coach at penn state, was hauled away in handcuffs facing charges of child sex abuse. a new grand jury finding two more alleged victims, identified as number nine and ten, claims sandusky abused them as children. both say they met sandusky through his second mile foundation. they claim he took an interest in them and inviting them to his home for meals and on outings and gradually engaged in sex acts with them. number nine was between 11 and 12 years old when he first met sandusky in 2004. he testified that over three years he often visited sandusky's home

neighbor back then just three doors down was, you guessed it, in the blue house, jerry sandusky. that's jerry sandusky's house there. not only were they neighbors, not only did their kids play and ride bikes together, they worship at the same church. this one called st. paul's united methodist. neighbors and fellow church members back in 1998 -- when the mother of an 11-year-old boy with a sexual complaint against coach sandusky. according to a grand jury report she said it happened on campus at a practice facility, sandusky allegedly touching the boy inappropriately in the shower. the investigation included investigators listened in on a recorded phone call. chief horman closed the case. according to the grand jury report jerry sandusky continued to bring kids on campus and continued to allege lid molest them for years after that. as for the details of why he closed the case, his department isn't releasing them. the entire university is exempt from pennsylvania's open records law. but former chief horman, he's not the only one with prior connections to sandusky. there's the judge, le

with jerry sandusky, yes, i did. dinners, relationships, none of that matters. did you shower with jerry sandusky? yes. were you naked? yes, i was. those questions are what matters. having dinners and saying we're still friends. matters not. and that's the problem here. the lawyer for jerry sandusky, who, by the way, we hear a lot from. notice you're not hearing a lot from the prosecution because they're busy, probably, allegedly, fielding new complaints from other alleged victims. the defense is out there talking to everyone that he can about, you know, how jerry sandusky is still friends with this victim and that victim. once again, we're seeing jerry sandusky trying to charm his way out of a situation. >> all right, so, and just to make it clear here, there would be no, no legal ramifications whatsoever, right? if someone who had been abused remained friendly with the abuser, right? we never know. maybe they still felt the pressure and still feel the guilt. all kind of displaying that. >> that's the thing. not about whether you're having dinner with jerry sandusky and whether you thin

. >>> this morning on "world news now" -- locked up. the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal takes a dra mat uk turn as police in pennsylvania take him into custody. >> investigators reveal new and disturbing details from sandusky's abusers. it's thursday, december 8th. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm sunny hostin. bail for sandusky has been set at $250,000 in cash. the former coach expected to make bail when he goes to court later today. but for now he is spending the night in a jail cell. he still insists of course he never broke the law. >> this arrest prompted by two new abusers. >> ten. all ten so far. >> the scene some expected to see after the initial eight people came forward. now he gets to be behind bars if just for a short amount of time. the case unbelievable. also this morning, unforgettable call to 911. a california woman calls for help when she saw an intruder breaking in. she told police she had a gun. and we'll hear how the jaw dropping story end. amazing audio on the story as to what this woman did. >> later this hour, the reality tv show stunt that backfire

to consider. >>> all right well, once again, breaking news, this morning, where jerry sandusky waived his right to the preliminary hearing, i think we have paul back with us now who can tell us a little bit more about what is going on in pennsylvania. paul. >>> all right tony, lost that shot for just a second. we did hear from michael bonnie the defense attorney for victim number one he came out and said victim number one was very very nervous about having to testify but ready to testify, they had gotten an indication last night, that this preliminary hearing was going to be waived so he was never brought to the courthouse. now just a few minutes after sandusky indicated to the judge he wanted to waive the hearing he left through the back of the courthouse let's play that right now. >> stay the course, we will waive the opportunity to present our side. >> why not. >> tell me why you didn't do a preliminary hearing. >>>i will come back and answer your questions. >> mr. sandusky, are you looking forward to facing your accusers. >> the answer is yes [ yelling in the background ] >> this prel

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abuse scandal, former football coach jerry sandusky is expected in court for an important hearing tomorrow. tonight new questions are being raised about key testimony against him. a published report says there are various versions of what a graduate student reported seeing in a campus shower in 2002. fox 5's paul wagner has the story. reporter: mike mcqueary has been on administrative leave since mid-november when his grand jury testimony was finally made public, testimony that angered some people so much they leveled death threats against him. mcqueary has said very little publicly since and tomorrow inside this courthouse he's expected to tell his version of events under oath in front of a judge. e. on march 1, 2002, mike mcqueary, penn state graduate assistant said he entered the locker room of the football building on the university campus and was surprised to see lights on. mcqueary told the grand jury he saw a young boy he believedded to be about 10 being sex -- believed to be about 10 being sexually assaulted by jerry sandusky. mcqueary left and told his father what he saw

scandal. jerry sandusky in and out of court in minutes waiving a preliminary hearing and keeping accusers from taking the stand. afterwards we heard a few hints about his defense strategy. joining us now is jerry sandusky's attorney joe amendola. thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning, carol. thank you. >> i think a lot of people are still confused about why you decided to waive the preliminary hearing. so tell us why. >> the answer is simple. monday night the attorney for the commonwealth contacted me to discuss details about the preliminary hearing. during those conversations i had with him, he indicated he would ask the judge following the preliminary hearing to increase bail. i've always been concerned that jerry might wind up in jail pending his trial, which would really impede our efforts to adequately and properly prepare his defense. it's very difficult to work with a defendant when he's incarcerated. so we began discussions about making concessions. us waiving the preliminary hearing in return from the commonwealth saying to us, guaranteeing, they would not seek i

, if the charges against jerry sandusky are true, that will be for a jury to decide. he likely had a powerful network of enablers, or at the very least countless people who had powerful interests in not believing the allegations against him. yes, tonight that sishlg grew. this is a former home of thomas harmon, retired penn state chief of police. he was living there in 1998. remember that year. today we've learned his neighbor back then, just three doors down was, you guessed it, in the blue house, jerry sandusky. that's jerry sandusky's house there. not only were they neighbors, not only did their kids play and ride bikes together, worshipped at the same church, this one called saint paum's united methodist. neighbors and fellow church members back in 1998 which is when the mother of a boy went to police with a sexual abuse complaint against coach sandusky. according to a grand jury report she says it happened on campus, allegedly touching the boy inappropriately in tur show. the investigation included conversations of the officers talking to sandusky on the phone. when the local d.a. declin

jerry sandusky. once again, sandusky denies he abused boys. but at the same time, he makes intriguing assertions about how penn state handled allegations against him in susa susan, what's going on here? >> reporter: don, jerry sandusky says no one at penn state ever demanded his keys to the locker room after he was accused of so domizing a boy in the shower. but there's also an unsettling response when he's asked about that interview. his new interview, at least parts of it arguably, are raising as many eyebrows as his first one. >> in an interview video taped, jerry sandusky not only repeats his denials of wrong doing, he tells the paper, "youngsters might say i was a father figure." a father figure who stands accused of 40 counts of raping and molesting young boys. in an intriguing exchange, sandusky tries to explain the way he answered nbc a few weeks ago when asked whether he sexually attracted to young boys? >> am i sexually attracted underage boys? sexually attracted, you know, i enjoy young people. >> he tells the new york times at first he wondered what to make of the question

have major developments in the penn state child sex abuse case. former football coach jerry sandusky you're seeing on the screen, waiving his right to a preliminary hearing, a decision that moves him one step closer to trial on the multiple charges of child sexual assault. david lee miller has been following the story since the beginning. he is live outside the courthouse in pennsylvania with more. tell us a little bit what happened this morning? >> reporter: a lot of people could not believe what they were hearing. 8:30 this morning the hearing underway. the first thing they were told the defendant is waiving his right for the hearing thaflt was it. it was over in a matter of minutes. with me is the attorney for the accused, jerry sandusky. mr. amendola thanks for joining me. we spoke yesterday morning. you told me you were not going to waive jerry sandusky's appearance at this hearing. less than two 12 hours later everything changed. what happened? >> i had discussions with the chief prosecutor in jerry's case. as a result we both made concessions. our concession we would waive the

state administrators are in the pretrial hearing in the jerry sandusky sexual abuse allegations. tim curley and gary schultz are charged with lying to a grand jury investigators. >> penn state officials tim curley and gary schultz are arrived at court this morning in harrisburg, facing perjury charges connected to the jerry sandusky de child sex abuse case. the former penn state athletic director and vice president are accused of lying to the grand jury, telling them that assistant football coach mike mcqueary did not inform them he witnessed sandusky having sex with a boy in a locker room shower in 2002. prosecutors' first witness today, mcqueary who appeared calm on the stand as he described in graphic detail what he saw and heard in the locker room that day. he said he first heard noises coming from the shower, looked in the mirror, saw sandusky behind the boy but he went on to tell the court, "i believe jersey -- i believe jerry was molesting him." his testimony is being contradicted by another grand jury witness, a family friend who said that on the night of the alleged abuse, m

their respects. >>> latest now on the penn state scandal, jerry sandusky will appear at a preliminary hearing tomorrow some of his accusers are expected to testify however a key witness may have changed his story. a pennsylvania newspaper says coach mcquery reportedly told a family friend he did not witness any sex when sandusky allegedly assaulted a 10-year- old boy in alocker room shower in 2002. >>> fox 5 will provide live coverage from pennsylvania trial tomorrow as jerry sandusky appears in court. paul wagner will tweet from the courthouse his live reports will be on fox 5 news. >>> a major drug bust in prince william county, police arrested a doctor at his triangle office last week investigators say he dispensed thousands of pills weekly to drug addicts the 73- year-old sold oxycontin, morphine and more to patients without a medical reason. >>> new details tonight in disappearence of a fairfax county man. 30-year-old oscar montana was last seen leaving his job at a construction site july 9th a week later his van was found abandoned three blocks away. they recently determined he disappea

, washington. >>> elsewhere, about 100 miles from the penn state campus, jerry sandusky will come face to face with several of the men accusing him of sexually abusing them when they were just boys. the former penn state assistant football coach will be in the courtroom at today's preliminary hearing when at least half of his ten accusers will try to convince a judge that there's enough evidence to take their case to trial. sandusky is charged with 50 counts of sexual child abuse and has been under house arrest since last week. >>> here is a look at other stories making news early in america. christmas display sparked outrage and challenged tolerance and provoked acts of vandalism. a skeleton of st. nick hanging from a crucifix, one of ten holiday displays approved to stand outside a courthouse, was ripped down several times before it was finally removed. although the skeleton santa is gone for now, it touched off a lively debate on freedom of speech there. >>> killer whales in california put a spectacular show on for tourists. whale watchers got up close and personal with the massive animals.

ticket he was on the deans list. >>> in penn state sex abuse case former football coach jerry sandusky is expected in court for an important hearing tomorrow new questions are being raised about key testimony about him. there are various versions of what a graduate student saw in a campus shower in 2002 here is paul wagner with our story. >> reporter: on march 1st, 2002, mike mcquery says he entered the locker room of the lash football building on the university campus and was surprised to see the lights on he told the grand jury he saw a young boy he believed about 10, being sexually assaulted by jerry sandusky, he then left the building and told his father what he saw the two then decided mcquery would tell head football coach joe paterno in the grand jury report there is no mention of a second person at the meeting between mcquery and his father but according to a report in harrisburg patriot news a family friend was there as well. the paper, quoting a source says the friend asked him three times if he saw anything sexual and three times, he said no. according to the source. if true

three years. that interview's coming up in the next hour of newsroom. >>> the lawyer for jerry sandusky, the former penn state defensive coach says the time may come when his client has to think about a plea deal. that's right, the lawyer says that a plea could happen if more people come forward claiming that sandusky molested them. he told cnn contributor sarah began number that such a scenario could make this case an uphill battle. >> reporter: what is the point where you say should we talk about a plea deal? are you having those conversations? >> no, we haven't. as a matter of fact you know from your experience, sarah, that people who maintain their innocence sometimes plead guilty because of the overwhelming evidence against them. there are many people who have gone to trial who were convicted of very serious crimes, including homicides, and executed and it later turned out that they were innocent. there's a lot of reasons why people decide to do certain things, but at this point jerry has maintained his innocence in regard to the allegations he knows about. >>> penn state students

ready to testify there against jerry sandusky. an attorney for one of them called him a coward for not hearing his accuser's testimony. >>> one of his lawyers is making an apology. he said he did not mean to refer to a gay sex phone line when he said that anyone who believes the allegations should call 1- 800 reality. he said he did not know that number was real and vows he will never use that phrase again. >>> we turn to the sex abuse scandal involving former syracuse assistant basketball coach bernie fine. two ball byos have sued the head coach and the university for defamation. after the case became public, they were called liars to work out for money. >> i want to help children who have the courage to tell adults, their family, their teachers, their coaches and the police there were sexually abused. >> the district attorney finds the accusers credible but he cannot press charges because the statutes of limitations has expired. fine has since been fired from syracuse and denies the allegations. >>> the house took a step toward extending the payroll tax cut and jobless benefi

>>> good morning. penn state sex abuse suspect jerry sandusky gives up his right to a pretrial hearing meaning some accusers will not testify against him as intended. the latest from the courthouse. >>> president obama wants to extend the payroll tax cut and now he's threatening to veto a republican plan that will do just that. find out what else is in that bill and why the democrats don't like it. >>> the last u.s. troops leaving iraq this month, we'll ask dick cheney about that withdrawal and what he thinks will happen next. >>> and the russian billionaire who owns an nba team says he'll challenge strongman vladimir putin in next year's election. challenge strongman vladimir putin in next year's election. what prokorov said. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everyone. i'm jeff glor. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. >> it is a nice sunrise. >> booueautiful sunrise. >>> jerry sandusky told the judge he didn't want to go ahead with today's pretrial hearing. >> the unexpected decision means sandusky will go on trial to face 52 charges of abuse involving ten boys and chief investig

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? and will players face criminal charges? >>> conflicting reports over the accuracy against jerry sandusky. >>> and how the white house is dealing with security concerns. >>> and we are tracking a winter warmup. bob will have more on what to expect in his winter forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,, -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >>> the deadline for the towz to withdraw from iraq is only three weeks away. iraq is meeting with president obama to discuss the turnover. tara mergener reports. >>> president obama and iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki stood side by side at arlington, laying a wreath for those who died fighting the war in iraq. al-maliki visited washington, as the u.s. prepar

state. jerry sandusky chose to waive tuesday's hearing, avoiding an emotional confrontation with his accusers. but he vowed to fight all the sexual abuse charges. and his attorney, joe amendola, called it a fight to the death. first, here's abc's jim avila. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, george. one attorney told me it was the first smart move made by the defense. a decision to pull the threats of open accusers in open court. and more details in this case overcame that bravado. as he left home for court, jerry sandusky was keeping a secret. as he arrived at court, he ignored shouted questions from reporters. perhaps, now, we know why. >> mr. sandusky, how do you feel about the opportunity to face your accusers, sir? are you looking forward to it? >> reporter: sandusky and his attorney had changed their minds about any open-court showdown with his alleged victims. >> as hurtful as it was to son-in-law of the survivors to be built up and not testify, this was smart for sandusky. >> reporter: with his accusers standing by, sandusky's attorney waived the right to a prelim

involving former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isakoff is in hairrrisburg with more on th. >> reporter: good morning, lester. a judge ruled that the case against those two former penn state officials can now proceed to trial. once the starting penn state quarterback, now a star witness for the government. mike mcqueary took the witness stand and graphically described seeing a naked jerry sandusky engaged in what he called extreme sexual activity with a young boy. the boy was up against the wall, mcqueary testified. jerry was directly behind him in a very, very close position. i believe jerry was sexually molesting him. mcqueary slammed his locker door shut causing msandusky and the boy to stop looking him directly in the eyes. both penn state officials are charged with lying and failing to report it to authorities. mcqueary acknowledge he never saw any sexual intercourse and never intervened. i was shocked and horrified, to be said, and to be frank with you, i was probably not thinking straight. >> mcqueary w

detail what he says was jerry sandusky sexually molesting a boy in a shower in 2002. now two top officials at the university will face trial for lie to go a grand jury about the allegations. >>> hazing homicide. autopsy shows that a drum major at florida a&m university died of blunt force trauma. now his parents are demanding justice and suing the university. >>> and super saturday. it's the last full weekend before christmas and retailers are pulling out all the stops hoping to cash in by luring you in with great details today, hoping to cash in by luring you in with great details today, saturday, december 17th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a saturday morning. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm amy robach. lester, did i hear you say you're just now going to start shopping? >> i'm thinking about it. they keep hitting us with black friday and super monday and what is this? >> super saturday. >> i'm waiting for procrastinator's saturday. >> that's christmas eve. >> oh, that's what they call it. that will be my big da

abuse scandal. according to his lawyer a 19-year-old man claims coach jerry sandusky gave him whit key and molested him in the penn state athletic building when he was 12. next week, some plan to testify against him at a pretrial hearing. joining us from state college is jerry sandusky's lawyer joe amendola. have you spoken with your client about the latest claims? >> yes. we don't know about them at the present time. jerry denies those allegations as he has the original allegations but we hope to get more information as we proceed. >> so you're saying he is denying these along with the original ones. a lot of the alleged victims here have said and him speaking to you out to "the new york times" and bob costas, they feel re-victimized. do you believe the allegations most of the people have made are totally false? >> yes. as a matter of fact, jerry has maintained his innocence from the initial allegation back in 2008 which started off as an allegation of fondling and grew over several months into much more serious sexual activities. jerry has always denied any appropriate sexual contact

schultz are accused of failing to report criminal acts against jerry sandusky, and this morning, sandusky's attorney dispelled any ruer mores of a plea bargain. >> there has not been any talk of a plea bargain in this case. any sort of plea bargain would involve a life sentence for jerry san ddusky and given the fact that he is 67, and he has maintained his innocent. >> 11 alleged witnesses were standing ready to testify yesterday at the hearing. he is accuse of 67 counts of child abuse. we will talk to thomas roberts at the top of the next hour right here on msnbc. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if you took the top down on a crossover? if there were buttons for this? wouldn't it be cool if your car could handle the kids... ♪ ...and the nurburgring? or what if you built a car in tennessee that could change the world? yeah, that would be cool. nissan. innovation for today. innovation for tomorrow. innovation for all. ♪ with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time.

on him. >> i think this young man was taken advantage of by jerry sandusky. i think jerry sandusky robbed this young man of his innocence, robbed him of his youth. >> reporter: sandusky insists he is innocent and his lawyer will do his best to raise questions about the alleged victim's credibility. >> a lot of people find that inappropriate. but it is not criminal. they the way jerry described it the kids with whom he showered were basically like his own kids. >> reporter: sandusky's lawyer may question mike mcqueary especially sharply. the assistant coach told a grand jury he saw and heard sandusky raping a young boy in a locker room shower. but in 2002 mcqueary may have told a family friend all he saw was a young boy's arm pulled back and then sandusky walking out in a towel. >> i can't imagine him having any reason to make up what he saw. >> reporter: despite ten different victims, alleged victims, now coming forward, jerry sandusky's lawyer said today that he is not, is not, talking to prosecutors about a possible plea bargain. back to you all in washington. >>> thanks bruce. >>> turn

football assistant coach accused of molesting dozens of children. jerry sandusky. you'll hear him in his own words explain his relationship and his, quote, attraction to young boys. >>> also this morning, a story maybe you wouldn't think is coming your way from 2011. an interracial couple told they are not welcome at a church in kentucky. >>> we are just a few hours away from a major announcement from herman cain. here's how he explained what this will all be about. this was him talking yesterday. >> i will be making an announcement, but nobody is going to get me to make that prematurely. we will also clarify, there's that word again, "clarify," exactly what the next steps are. >> well, what are the next steps? he's actually in atlanta today to open a campaign office. our shannon travis is there for us in atlanta. shannon, hello to you. everybody is intrigued here, a grand opening and a grand closing today? >> reporter: yeah, it's a grand decision day, basically, tj. it's anyone's guess what herman cain is actually going to announce here at this headquarters, his georgia headquarters. it

the record straight on his relationships with young boys. former assistant coach jerry sandusky sat down in his lawyer's house for an extensive four-hour interview with the "new york times." his first extended interview since being indicted on sex abuse charges last month. take a listen to this portion. >> if i say no, i'm not attracted to boys, that's not the truth, because i'm attracted young people, boys, girls. >> but not sexually -- you're attracted because -- >> right, i enjoy -- that's what i was trying to -- i enjoy spending time with young people. i enjoy spending time with people. i mean, my two favorite groups are the elderly and the young. >> sandusky also went on to say in that interview that the coach, joe paterno, never spoke to him about suspected misconduct with minors, and the second mile charity never restricted his access to children until 2008. sandusky also says his intentions are simply misunderstood. and i quote here. they have taken everything i ever did for any young person and twisted it to say my motives were sexual or whatever. i've had kid after kid after ki

coach jerry sandusky says he is innocent of child molestation. what you'll hear him explain in his own words, his, quote, attraction to young boys. >>> also new this morning a boarding school refuses to admit a teenage boy because he has hiv. you will hear the school defend its decision. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> let's get you started with the headlines today. herman cain says he will make an announcement on the future of his presidential campaign. this will come in a matter of hours. we are standing by in atlanta to hear it. he is in atlanta today for the planned opening of his georgia campaign headquarters, but instead a lot of people are speculating that he could drop out of the race. as you know this week a georgia woman had said she'd had a 13-year affair with cain. he denied it. much more on this coming your way. >>> also country music sin ner mccready and her son were finally found in a closet in arkansas. mccready took off with her 5-year-old boy. her mother and stepfather actually have custody of the young man. mccready actually only has visitation rights. poli

jerry sandusky will face some of his accusers this week. sandusky is charged with molesting ten boys enrolled in his second mile charity. now grown men, at least five of his alleged victims, are scheduled to testify at a preliminary hearing tomorrow morning. cnn's senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin says it will be an important session for both sides. >> this is going to be a very serious moment for these victims. because it is going to be the first time that they've told their story in public. it is a very embarrassing situation for most of them to be sure, and they're going to be cross examined by someone who is determined to show they're lying. >> jerry sandusky is not expected to testify. >>> virginia governor bob mcdonald will speak today at the funeral service for virginia tech police officer derek kraus. the service is set to start about an hour from now at virginia tech's castle coliseum. kraus was gunned down while sitting in his patrol car thursday by a 22-year-old man who later killed himself. the attack appeared to be unpro joked and there's still no word on any motive. t

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